big sister headed home

Chapter 73

Seeing that Jiang Ermeng was so happy, Dou Qing handed Jiang Ermeng the bundle wrapped in cotton clothes.

Jiang Ermeng reached out to take it' with a big smile on his face, he couldn't wait to unpack the bag, took out a new cotton coat and gestured on himself.

When Jiang Dameng and his wife came out, they just saw this scene, they shook their heads speechlessly, and helped Dou Qing unload the car, moved the things into the house, and welcomed Dou Qing into the house enthusiastically.

"Brother Dou Qing'Come on, why are you bringing so many things with you? Let's get cold along the way'Come and drink some hot water'Warm up your body'Come and do it here'There is a stove here to warm your hands." Jiang Dameng Dou Qing took it to the stove. Mrs. Chen had already poured a bowl of hot water and handed it to him.

Dou Qing drank a bowl of hot water, which drove away a lot of chills and felt much warmer. Then he said, "This year, thanks to Brother Jiang for your help and taking care of us, our family is very grateful Yes, the Chinese New Year is coming, my elder sister specially asked me to bring some New Year’s goods, and said that I would like to thank you all, these things are made by my elder sister herself, and the rabbit and lamb are also her own."

"What does this kid say, we will be a family sooner or later, hehe, since your eldest sister made it herself, we also accepted it. Speaking of which, your eldest sister's craftsmanship is really good, the hot and sour cucumbers made in summer, We all like to eat." Chen Shi said.

"Brother Dou Qing, you are not allowed to leave this noon, let your sister-in-law cook you pot of meat, let's have a good meal." Jiang Dameng said.

"That's right, I can't go, I have to eat before leaving." Jiang Ermeng entered the room with a smile on his face, holding the padded jacket that Dou Hua made for him in his arms, looking overjoyed.

Chen rolled his eyes at him, and joked, "I'm willing to go into the house, what treasure is in my arms, take it out and let me and your elder brother talk quietly."

"Hey~" Jiang Er scratched the back of his head and smiled embarrassingly, and lifted the cotton coat in his hand, "This is the cotton coat that Dou Hua made for me. Sister-in-law can take a look if you want to." It means showing off.

Mrs. Chen took the cotton-padded coat, flipped through it, nodded, and said, "That's right, I can see that girl Dou Hua has put her heart into it. She looks new and pretty."

Hearing Chen's praise, Jiang Ermeng burst into laughter again, the beauty was so bad.

Due to the enthusiasm of Jiang's family, Dou Qing stayed at Jiang's for lunch. The lunch was very rich, including stewed pheasant with mushrooms, roasted wild boar, stewed pork ribs, etc., all of which were meat dishes.

At the dinner table, the Jiang family kept adding vegetables to Dou Qing. Dou Qing was really full and a little bit full. In the end, Dou Qing only had one feeling in his heart, that is, the Jiang family was too polite.

Dou Qing went up the mountain with a bunch of things, and when he finally came back, he brought back a bunch of things. He repeatedly refused to let them go, but the Jiang family insisted on moving the things to the car. He moved them down, and they moved them up again. Once again, there was no way to accept it again.

The things that the Jiang family sent were basically obtained from the mountains, two wild boar hind legs, two large baskets of mountain products, walnuts, chestnuts, mushrooms, fungus, and a piece of leather mattress. According to Jiang Ermeng, this was a gift from him to his elder sister. , These skins were all obtained by him from hunting in the mountains. After they were concocted, they were specially prepared for Mrs. Chen to make. They were originally intended to be given to Dou Hua, but this time it was just right for Dou Qing to take them back.

When Dou Qing came back with a cart full of things, Dou Hua was a little dumbfounded when she saw them. These things were worth more than the little things she gave. I wanted to thank others, but in the end, I still took some advantage.

"Sister, look, this is the leather mattress Brother Jiang gave you. He said he asked me to thank you. He really likes that cotton padded jacket. He tried it on and it fits well." Dou Qing said.

"It's good to wear it properly. I still made the size of the clothes according to the size last time. Did your Brother Jiang ask you to bring me any words?" Dou Hua asked.

Dou Qing thought that it was all just an excuse, and wanted to hear what the other party had to say, and said, "Brother Jiang did ask me to bring you a sentence, but I want to tell you quietly, elder sister, listen to me."

"Is there anything I can't say directly." Dou Hua really listened to what she was saying.

Dou Qing tiptoed next to Dou Hua's ear, and whispered, "Brother Jiang, let me tell you, he misses you very much, and will come to see you after the Chinese New Year."

Dou Hua blushed after hearing this, and muttered, "Really, how can you tell this to a child." Turning around, she took the leather mattress and walked into the room.

26 stewed pork, 27 slaughtered chicken, 28 noodles, 29 steamed buns...

The days passed by in a flash, and it was New Year's Eve. In the morning of this day, it was time to go to the grave to worship the ancestors. Dou Hua led several younger siblings, and brought burnt paper and tributes to the grave of Dou Sanshan and his wife.

After laying out the tribute, Dou Hua led a few young people to kowtow three times on the ground, and started to burn the paper. While burning the paper, he babbled about the events of this year,

"Father, mother, you must be well in heaven. Dou Hua led the brothers and sisters to give you money. We are all very well. You don't have to worry about it. This year our family bought a shop and I got engaged. It's my uncle." My aunt helped Zhang Luo. The other party was Orion from Jiangjiazhai. She was a nice person. Qing'er has grown a lot taller now, and she will be able to marry a wife in two years. Cui'er is good at needlework and has a good hand. , the embroidered work looks good, and Lin Er also went to school to study, and the master praised him for being smart, and he will be admitted as a scholar in the future. Hong Er has also grown taller, gained weight, and is even cuter... "

"Father and mother, don't worry, I will definitely raise my younger siblings."

While burning the paper, Dou Hua talked about all the big and small things that happened in the year since she came here, just thinking about reassuring Dou Sanshan and his wife, and also reassuring herself.

She didn't believe in these ghosts and gods at first, but such bizarre things happened in time travel. She became the eldest daughter of Dou Sanshan's family. No matter what, she gained life. Life is so precious, how could she not be grateful.

After visiting the grave, Dou Hua returned home with a few brothers and sisters whose eyes were red from crying. She also felt a little uncomfortable. She missed her modern parents and only hoped that her younger brother would be more filial to the two old people for her. Let them spend their old age peacefully, she can only pray and hope in this other world.

In the afternoon, Spring Festival couplets were supposed to be posted. Dou Hua’s family has funerals every year and year after year. According to rural customs, families who have funerals do not post couplets in the first year.

In the afternoon, Dou Hua took a few small dumplings. The custom here is that on the day of the [-]th, the dumplings made on the night of the [-]th and the morning and noon of the Spring Festival will be made. There will be three meals of dumplings in total. When the time comes, it's ready to cook.

The dumplings made by Dou's family are stuffed with boiled meat and cabbage, and there are five large dumplings in total.After making the dumplings, Dou Hua prepared the dishes for dinner. There was nothing special about New Year’s Eve here. There was neither a Spring Festival Gala nor any programs. After eating dumplings, I made a few dishes and ate them with dumplings.

In the evening, the whole family sat together and had a happy New Year's Eve dinner.

After eating, Dou Hua took out a candle and lit it, and the family sat around on the kang, surrounded by quilts to watch the new year.

The two younger ones, Dou Lin and Dou Hong, were the first to lose it. Before the sound of firecrackers at midnight, they were so sleepy that they fell asleep. Dou Hua helped them take off their clothes and stuff them under the quilt.

At midnight, someone in the village set off the first firecrackers, breaking the tranquility of the night. Following the sound of firecrackers, the whole village was enveloped in the sound of firecrackers. Dou Hua is the favorite to listen to this kind of dense firecrackers Noisy, in her opinion, it is the sound of firecrackers in the New Year that shows the atmosphere of the New Year. The excitement of the New Year, without the sound of firecrackers, would be rather dull.

Dou Qing put on her clothes, went out with a hanging firecracker, lit it, and the crackling sound resounded in the yard, and red confetti scattered all over the ground, like fallen petals, adding a touch of beauty to the monotonous colors of winter.

After the sound of firecrackers, Doujia Village returned to tranquility. Dou Hua, sister and brother yawned, got into bed, and soon fell into a sweet dreamland.

And so the new year begins...

The next morning, Dou Hua woke up, cooked dumplings with Dou Cui, and ate them with balsamic vinegar and Laba garlic.

After eating the dumplings, the whole family put on new clothes. All the boys in the village went to pay New Year's greetings. Dou Qing and Dou Lin went out to pay New Year's greetings to relatives and elders.

Dou Hua and Dou Cui Dou Hong are at home, sitting around the stove, eating peanuts, pine nuts, and drinking sweet honey water...

Dou Qing led Dou Lin to Dou Dashan's house, Dou Ershan's house and Dou Sishan's house in turn, and finally they went to Lizheng's house. Basically, people in the village would go to Lizheng's house to pay New Year's greetings.

Dou Qingnian is old, so I'm embarrassed to pretend to be peanuts and pine nuts, but Dou Lin is small, so he doesn't need it, no matter which one he goes to for New Year's greetings, someone will stuff him with a handful of peanuts, a handful of pine nuts, and watermelon seeds.

Near noon, Dou Qing came back with the little one. Dou Lin’s pockets were full, and he was also smart. When his own pockets were full, he put them in Dou Qing’s pockets. The last two people’s pockets were full. full.

At noon, there are boiled dumplings as usual. Although they ate dumplings three times in a row, no one got tired of eating them. They are not as delicious as dumplings. Naturally, it is best to have dumplings. Poor people are busy all year long and look forward to the New Year. , and this good meal is naturally dumplings, and it is even better to be able to eat white flour dumplings.

Everyone in Doujia Village has land, but there is no one who is particularly poor. If you have land, as long as you work hard and work hard, the weather will be more favorable, and the harvest in the field can completely fill your stomach. This year is a bumper harvest year. Every household Everyone ate white flour dumplings, everyone was quite contented, and they were willing to go out, talking and laughing more.

Dou Hua doesn't have any good playmates here. When she gets bored, she goes to sit at Dou Sishan's house. Sometimes she also goes to Chen Caiyun's house, but most of the time she just stays at home.

A few months ago, when Dou Hua collected herbs for Baohetang, the old shopkeeper took her and said a lot of words of thanks. At the end, he praised her for having a future in medicine and gave her a medical book for her to read. Look, learn a little bit, you don't have too much art, you know almost all the herbs, it's okay to memorize a few more prescriptions, and Dou Hua will take them out to read when she is free.

This Chinese New Year is the most leisure time, so Dou Hua took out this medical book and opened it again. She has read this medical book no less than several times. It's just a matter of remembering, but it's a little difficult to master it. Practicing medicine requires not only learning knowledge from books, but more importantly, clinical practice. When it comes to practice, she has never practiced it once.

But Dou Hua was not discouraged, she still studied hard. In her mind, it is very important to be able to master medical skills. Maybe it will come in handy in the future, so that her own survival will be more guaranteed. People eat whole grains, and there will always be someone who gets sick At this time, good medical skills are even more important.

(End of this chapter)